SOC 3701 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Totem, Anomie
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10/19-lecture 11: emile durkheim: symbol, rituals, and civic. Durkheim as diagnostician of modernity: too much freedom. Individuals not as much tied to their communities of origin: religion can prepare fraying social fabric, anomie- breakdown of social norms that regulate society. (cid:862)religio(cid:374) is the sigh of the oppressed (cid:272)reature, the heart of a heartless (cid:449)orld, a(cid:374)d the soul of soulless (cid:272)o(cid:374)ditio(cid:374)s. it is the opiu(cid:373) of the people. (cid:863)- k. marx. The elementary forms of the religious life e. durkheim two missions: sociology of knowledge, sociology of religion. (cid:862)a religio(cid:374) is a u(cid:374)ified s(cid:455)ste(cid:373) of (cid:271)eliefs a(cid:374)d pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)es relati(cid:448)e to sa(cid:272)red thi(cid:374)gs (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h unite in one single moral (social solidarity) community called a church, all those who adhere to the(cid:373). (cid:863) -durkheim: key concepts: Totemism the basic form of religious practice. A symbol of the values of the group the community is worshiping itself: god is society transfigured.
